END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES

SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES (a) Fiscal Year 1991.— Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411, the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 1991, the following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or, in the case of members of the National Guard, full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: (A) The Army National Guard of the United States, 26, 199. (B) The Army Reserve, 13,344. (C) The Naval Reserve, 22,997. (D) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,401. (E) The Air National Guard of the United States, 8,468. (F) The Air Force Reserve, 655. (b) Army Reserve Component Strengths for Fiscal Years 1992–1997.— (1) Within the end strengths authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act for each of the fiscal years listed in the table in paragraph (2), the reserve components of the Army are authorized the total number of members specified in such table for such fiscal year to be serving on full-time active duty or, in the case of members of the National Guard, full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Army reserve components. (2) The table referred to in paragraph (1) is as follows: 104 STAT. 1548 Fiscal Year Army Reserve Army National Guard 1992 12,673 24,889 1993 12,006 23,579 1994 11,339 22,269 1995 10,672 20,959 1996 10,005 19,649 1997 9,341 18,340 (c) Implementation of Reductions.— (1) In implementing the reductions in the end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the Army reserve components required in subsection (b), no member of the Reserves serving on full-time active duty on the date of the enactment of this Act, or in the case of members of the National Guard, full-time National Guard duty, for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing or training the Army reserve components may be involuntarily separated. (2) As used in this section, the term “involuntarily separated” has the meaning given that term in section 1141 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 502 of this Act. (3) The end strengths prescribed in subsection (b) may be exceeded to the extent necessary to comply with this subsection, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. (4) Accessions of members of the Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or, in the case of members of the National Guard on full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Army reserve components for a fiscal year shall be two percent of the total authorized end strength provided in subsection (b) for that fiscal year. (d) Use of Active Component Members.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall examine the validity of the information submitted in support of the budget submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 1992 with respect to the number of reserve members on active duty or full-time National Guard duty to support the Army reserve components and shall, to the extent that the information remains valid, assign active component members to reserve units to meet the requirement of the reserve components. (2) The Secretary shall include in the detailed justification of estimates for military personnel for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that accompanies the budget submitted to Congress for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the number of such personnel that are programmed to be assigned in support of the reserve components to meet requirements for full-time support of the reserve components. (e) Army Reserve Components.— For purposes of this section, the Army reserve components are the Army National Guard of the United States and the Army Reserve.